CH. 4 Questions

Question 1

The first menstruation

Answer 1

Menarche

Question 2

Transitional Stage between childhood and sexual maturity

Answer 2

Puberty

Question 3

Transitional phase during which the ovarian function and hormone production decline

Answer 3

Climacteric

Question 4

The last menstrual period date with certainty once 1 year has passed after menstruation ceases

Answer 4

Menopause

Question 5

Period preceding the last menstrual period that lasts about 4 years; during this time ovarian function declines, ova diminish, more menstrual cycles become anovulatory, and irregular

Answer 5

Perimenopause

Question 6

Periodic uterine bleeding that begins approximately 14 days after ovulation and lasts an average 5 days

Answer 6

Menstruation

Question 7

The cycle that involves cyclic changes in the lining of the uterus

Answer 7

Endometrial Cycle

Question 8

Phase of menstrual cycle during which the uterine lining grows rapidly and thickens from about the fifth day to the time of ovulation

Answer 8

Proliferative phase

Question 9

Phase of menstrual cycle during which the uterine lining becomes luxuriant with blood and glandular secretions suitable to protect and nurture a fertilized ovum

Answer 9

Secretory phase

Question 10

Phase during which the blood supply to functional uterine lining is blocked and necrosis develops; the functional layer separates from he basal layer and menstrual bleeding begins

Answer 10

Ischemic phase

Question 11

Cycle that involves secretion of hormones required to stimulate ovulation

Answer 11

Hypothalamic-pituitary cycle

Question 12

Cycle that involves the change sin the ovary, leading to ovulation. It consist of two phases, namely, follicular and luteal

Answer 12

Ovarian cycle

Question 13

Structure that encloses the developing ovum; it ruptures at the time of ovulation, releasing the ovum

Answer 13

Graafian follicle

Question 14

Hormone secreted by the hypothalamus when ovarian hormones are reduced to a low level. It stimulates the pituitary gland to secrete two critical hormones

Answer 14

GnRH

Question 15

Pituitary hormone that stimulates the development of follicles in the ovary

Answer 15

FSH

Question 16

Pituitary hormone that stimulates the expulsion of the ovum from the Graafian follicle and formation of the corpus luteum

Answer 16

LH

Question 17

Ovarian hormone that stimulates the thickening of the endometrium that occurs after menstruation and prior to ovulation; it is also responsible for changes in the cervix and cervical mucous

Answer 17

Estrogen

Question 18

Ovarian hormone that is responsible for the changes in the endometrium that occur after ovulation to facilitate implantation should fertilization occur; it is also responsible for the rise in temperature that occurs after ovulation

Answer 18

Progesterone

Question 19

Oxygenated fatty acids classified as hormones. They are thought to play an essential role in ovulation, transport of sperm, regression the corpus luteum, and menstruation. By increasing the myometrial response to oxytocin, they also play a role in labor and dysmenorrhea

Answer 19

Prostaglandins